Left fielder John Mayberry was a ridiculous 5-for-5 with a double and a triple on Friday evening. The former first-round pick has 10 hits in his first 16 Triple-A at-bats. He has struck out just one time over that span.

Nelson Cruz (.371/.517/.798) was 3-for-5 with two more home runs, giving him 11 on the season. Cruz now leads all of Minor League Baseball in home runs, surpassing Albuquerque third baseman Dallas McPherson, who has 10.

Dustin Nippert was excellent in his rehab outing, tossing five scoreless innings on 60 pitches. He allowed two hits, walked none, and struck out five.

Catcher Taylor Teagarden singled, walked twice, and reached on a hit-by-pitch. He drive in a pair of runs.

Relievers Steven Rowe and Kazuo Fukumori each tossed two scoreless innings to complete Oklahoma's first shutout of the season.

Pitching on his 20th birthday, Neftali Feliz (3.76 ERA/.226 BAA) allowed just an unearned run in five innings of work on Friday. The hard-throwing Dominican scattered six hits, walked one, and struck out eight. He has 34 punchouts in 26.1 innings on the season.

Beltre added three hits.
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With the game knotted at two in the top of the 10th inning, outfielder Tim Smith (1/5) crushed a two-run shot for his first homer of the season. The next batter, Mitch Moreland, followed with a solo homer. Moreland also doubled in the game.

Although Moreland was a first baseman at Mississippi State and with Spokane last season, he has spent some time in right field with the L-Kings this year. Moreland gunned down Kane County first baseman Greg Dowling at home plate during the game.

Leadoff hitter Engel Beltre went 3-for-5 with his third triple of the season.

Slumping slugger Cristian Santana struck out four times in an 0-for-5 evening. In addition to his batting average dropping all the way to .256, Santana has struck out an alarming 36 times in 78 at-bats this season. He has whiffed 22 times in his last 10 games, spanning 41 at-bats.

Player of the Game: RHP Neftali Feliz

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ER

BB

K

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ERA

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6

1

0

1

8

0

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